The Axia Institute - Michigan State University Information

The Axia Institute is a premier research and education center dedicated to developing effective and sustainable solutions to improve public and private value chains. The Axia Institute connects leaders from across industries to solve grand challenges that would be difficult to resolve alone. Research areas of focus include three value chains: healthcare, food and agriculture, and advanced manufacturing. Axia conducts cross-disciplinary research in areas of value chain optimization, data analytics, engineering, smart packaging, anti-counterfeiting, and water and food safety. 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 🞄 Circular Economy 🞄 Fundamental R&D 🞄 Packaging Design 🞄 Traceability 🞄 Value Chain Digitization 🞄 Value Chain Optimization 𝐀𝐱𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛 The Axia Lab leverages experts from Michigan State University's School of Packaging, its #1-ranked Supply Chain Management Program, and the College of Engineering to provide unbiased testing and research solutions. All testing is done according to GS1 standards. Axia Lab has the Controlled Substance Schedule 2-5 Research Lab license. Other testing services available include: 🞄 Custom RFID Design and Performance Testing 🞄 GS1 Tagged-Item Performance Testing (TIPP) 🞄 Product Labelling and Packaging Configuration  🞄 RFID End-to-End Aggregation Feasibility Study 🞄 RFID-Enabled Pharmaceutical Packaging Configuration 🞄 Material Characterization 🞄 Biomass Extraction 🞄 Chemical Characterization 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 The Institute was founded in 2013 by leaders in value chain creation and development at MSU, including the Eli Broad College of Business, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of Engineering, College of Social Science, and School of Packaging. Founding donors include The Dow Chemical Company, Dow Corning Corporation, Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Foundation, Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, and the Charles J. Strosacker Foundation.